Dump-car construction



W m 2 9 l 6 1 L c 0 DUMP CAR CONSTRUCTI ON Filed Dec. ll 19'22 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 W. J. HOSCEIT ET AL DUMP CAR CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec'. 1l, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Get. 16,1923.

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PATEN i y Lhassa WILLIAM J. HosoEIT yAun nAvID rrrnnnnnaos CHICAGO, InLrrToIs,y ,nsssnons To s Renens BALLAST cna Vcoiuianivv,\-o-v ourense, ILLINoIs, n .conformaron or Mama.

' appnatiun filed necefmterinviszaf serial Nol 305,042. f

To all whom t may concern.' f f f Be it'knovvn'that We, WLLLIAM J.y Hosonr'r and DAVID HI'NDAHL, citizens ofthe Unitedv States, residing, respectively, at `Chicago`,"in

the county ofrCoolr andState of lIllinois, and vat Chicago, in the Acounty of Cook-*and State of AIllinois, havejointly invented cerfp tain new and useful Improvements in Dump- Car Construction, of which the follovvin'gis a specification.

The present invention relateslto dump kcar construction. Y,

Anobject of the present invention is Vto provide a dump `car ofsturdy constructionV function of forming the lflat bottomy of 'al car, "forming the sloping sides of a hopper v forrcenter dumping, and forming dividing L thereirnsaid pivotallymounted r members be means whereby thecar may Vhave both cen-y ter and side dumping functions. g l

A further object is to provid'ea "dump car' having members forming a part thereof which are adaptedV tofoccupy a 'plurality of selective positions,l saidl members kbeing use-` fulv in said selective-positions forforming a flatIA bottom, aiding in centerdumping, side dumping, or 'combined side and 'center durr'ip--` ing functions. f 'f fA further Vobject is to provide a 'sturdyl dump carihaving members p'iv'otally mounted ing adapted to occupy aplurality' of selecv tivepositions for centergside, or 'combined center and'side dumping; f i A further object is to provide a sturdy dumpV car which 'may' be conveniently opertated forvcenter,fside, or combined "center `and. side'dumping functions l Further objects will appear-r asy the description proceeds. j f

Referring to the'drawings- 11 Figure l 1s a transversesectional `view n of a dump car' embodying the principles of the present invention; and y i VFigure 2 isa vievvsimilar to Figure l but showinga slightly modified'form.v` `-The numeralsI-l indicatethe sides ofa Y dump car, which sides may be supported'jby" l v n n cross ties, one of Which is indicatedy by the beingpivotedvto said doors. Notchers 22K-22 110 n fr numeral 2.k The numeralsy 3 3 indicate intermediate sills 'vvhich' form strengthening means forthecarfand supporting meansA for the cross ties '2442. rSaid'centersills accord'- ing tov the illustrated embodiments of' the present invention alsol form' means for pivotallymounting certain doors, which Will be referred to particularly hereinafter.4

y yMounted centrallyof the car at the bot-k ltom thereof, is a hopper, vvhichA is indicated by thenumeral 4:Which`hopper 4f has 'the tWo'fsidel Walls -5` and v6. At least 'one of Y the side Wallsshould beprovidedvvvith a swinging ,doo'nt ln the present Villustration the side 'Wall' 6 isprovided With'the swinging doorfwhich may -be 'pivoted' atthe axis 8 on the bracket 9, which is mounted upon one "oftheintermediate.l sills 3. f A chainl() y ,may have one'of its ends connected to the swingingdoor 7,its otherend being connected to the operatingshaft ll. Operation lof shaft 1l controls theoperation of thejsvvinging door If `Blacedl outside 3-31 are the side doors 12-.-l2, which are pi'i'fotally mounted about the axes 13-13, Which intermediate-sills 3--3, inthe illustrated embodiments of theV invention, kprovide-pivotal Vmountings for saijdysidevdoors l212 "lhe'side doors 12-12pmay beconj rtrolled loyr means of the chainsflll-ld, Which in turn are operated` lby the shafts 15-15. In the :figures of 'the `drawing,one of said doors is shovvn'kin closed position, while the other of sai'ddoors is'shovvnlin open position,wh ich is` the position Afor side dumping. Referring particularly to Figure l, doors 16+`l6`are pivotally mounted to' swing about axes l-7-17-The means for pivotally mounting said doors may be supportedrbyjthe intermediate 'sills 3-3 at lines'adjacent to the axes lv-ljabout Which the'side doors 12-12 are mounted. Sidesy ofthe doors 16-7-71'6 may be provided.` with `angles '18-718 for providingstrength; The ends '1Q-419y of said angles may loeL beveled as shown in Figure l to permitthe ready closing of the'door yof the intermediate sills so l 16-16.`v Theside Walls'l-l may be notched,

as indi'c'atedby kthe numerals 20420, to receive'the-edges of the doors 16K-d6, whereby toeliminate any ledge that might kotherwise y be provided by thesides of said doors.V

f The` doors `176-16 `may beprovided With hinged sup-ports Qll-Ql, said suppo'rts'Ql-Ql may be provided in the frame of the carv for position.

holding the supports 21-21 in 'supporting When it is S doorslG-l Will'be-swung awav from-the side walls 11'to a horizontal position.

. Said doo-rs 16-16 Will'be of such, length that they will meet in themiddle. When it is desired to use the car as aliopper vcar for Y center du1nping,the doors 16'16 Will be swung to positions in proximity VWith the side Walls 1-1. The door 16 at the right hand side of Figurelis arranged in thepo-V sition referred to.` yWhen in said positions thev doors 16-16 form converging Walls Ydirecting dumpable material to the hopper 4;. When it is desired to use the car as a combined center and side vdum-ping car, said doors 16-16 Will be moved to a position away from the side Walls 1-.1 into the diagonal positions illustrated in ztully lines in the left` side of Figure 1 land in ,dotl` ted; linesin-the right sideY QffFig'urefl. Supports 21Q- 21 Will e'ngagenotches22-22 to hold the doors 16-16 in the position last referred to. When the doors 16-16 are inl material thisl last mentioned position, dumped; into the carvvill occupy the space Withinv andabove thelhop'per- 4c and above Y the doors 122-12. The doors 16-16 vvilldirect a part of tlieudumpable material toward the sides of the car, While the hopper'will' deliver dumpable material centrally of the Car. i .Y 4 n yReferring to Figure 2, afslight modiication isillustrated'; lnthis embodiment of the invention,*tlie doors iorn'iingtheV con-r vertible ioo'r are Jformed in tv vo sections, a lower section 23 permanentlysecured to the angles 24 and an upperseotion 25 hinged to the` section 23. The section 25 may, therefore, be sivung intoa position lindicated at theV right of Figure 2-'in'li'ull lines, inivhicli the tivo sections are in substantially the same; plane, or vthe-section 25i b'esvvung outwardly as'indicatedinfull linesat the lett ot Figure2, in which positiony the sec-4 tion 25 forms abrace supporting the section in such a position as todivide the dumpable material so that a portion of 'it Will flow to the side when the,y doors ,12 are `V*dropped and a portion of it through the hopper.y l

Tliefoperation ot the embodiment illustrated in Figure 2 Will'befclearwithoutfdetailed ez'iplanation.y llVhen theY doors 23, 25- -'2 25 are swung to' occupy a horizontal position they will form a closedlatbottom Jfor the car.: Dumping may be:A accomplished Y through vthe side doors `12-12.

"When the doors 23, 25'-23,25 occupy the diagonal positions in proximity to the side Walls-1 1, as illustrated .inthe right-half of Figure 2, the parts are `positioned for center dump- Vdesired to use the car illus- .i trated in Figure 1 as a flat bottom car, the

ing, vsaid center dumping being accomplishedfthrough the hopper l. TvVhen the doors 25-25-are mounted in supporting relation to their corresponding doors 223-23 as illustrated initulllines at' the leit of Fig? iii-e2 and in dotted lines at the right oi Figure 2, the parts are positioned for both center and'side "dumping, the dumpable material passingthrough the side doors 12-12 and lalso through the hopper 4 centrally of l the car.

The illustrated' embodiments/of the .present invention have been chosen for ythe pur-- pose or' explaining the invention. Many :modiications will occur to those skilled in doors pivoted along'aXes longitudinally of y the car, said supplementary vdoors being ladapted to occupy, selectively, horizontalA positions Yfor 'forming a substantially iat bottom angular ositionsforinin0V an o en 7 i. n D

.mouth for ysaid hopper means and angular positions for directing duinpable material tovsaidlside doors. f,

Dump car construction, comprising Cent-rally located hopper means, side-V doors located laterally o said hopper lmeans, and i` supplementary doors adapted, selectively,

to form continuations of the sides oi said hopper means for center dumping or to oc c upy angularv positions iordirecting dumpablef material toward said vside; doors Iand permitting the passage of dumpable `Imateyrial to said hopper means. y

3. `In a dump can-the combination of centrally-r placed hopper means7 side doors, plvoted supplementary doors, said supplementary doorsyincluding supporting means for holding saine in a position intermediate ofv the range oi swinging movement ofV said doors.

4. Dump car construction,l comprising centrally placedhopper ymeans side doors located laterally thereof, and vsupplemeney taiy cloors,said supplementary doors being provided with bracing means adapted to en-S gage thesides of said car to holds'aiddoors inpositionsto providekan open mouthconverging `toward saidfhopper meansgsaidl doors being provided withineansior hold'- ing-.same in a positionto direct dumpable materialto said sidedoors While permitting dumpable in'aterialto pass tofsaid hopper ineansw T5. Dump car construction, ,comprising iizsky kcentrally placed hopper means', side doors placed laterally of said hopper meansgand swinging doors mounted above said hopper open mouth converging toward said hopper` means, each of said doors'being provided with means for holding same in a position' intermediate-`ofits range'of travel.k 10 Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this of November, l1922. i f

f WILLIAM J. HOSCEIT. u DAVID I-I'INDAI-IL. Y

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